Volvo Owners Club Forum - View Single Post - Fuel gauge erratic (common question I'm sure!)

wispa · Aug 26th, 2006, 20:20

The girly and no-tech answer is find a bump or hole in the road and drive over it, that normally sets it working - that's how I work with my erratic gauges! Both fuel and temperature are suspect on mine.

Also - if you don't think you can trust your fuel gauge, why not refill every 250 miles (use your trip meter and reset to zero every time you refill. ) Then you have a way of double checking the erratic gauge.

Aug 26th, 2006, 20:20	#4
wispa Junior Member Last Online: Aug 18th, 2012 21:04 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: CHIGWELL	740 fuel Gauge The girly and no-tech answer is find a bump or hole in the road and drive over it, that normally sets it working - that's how I work with my erratic gauges! Both fuel and temperature are suspect on mine. Also - if you don't think you can trust your fuel gauge, why not refill every 250 miles (use your trip meter and reset to zero every time you refill. ) Then you have a way of double checking the erratic gauge. __________________ 4/06-7/06 '88 740 2.3 GLE 149k.MOTfail 8/06 to 6/07 '90 740TD 219-228k.Sold on Ebay. 6/07 to 4/09 850 TDI 128k N Reg mot fail. 4/09 to ?9/12? '03 V70 D5 75k to 107k. DIM dying - future bleak. MOT looming.